# Keyword Position for Relevance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-position-for-relevance/17967>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 6, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-position-for-relevance/17967 "2014-06-06T21:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![samuel\_dean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@samuel\_dean](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuel_dean)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-position-for-relevance/17967/1 "2014-06-06T21:04:09Z")

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Hi

Looking for help on improving relevancy based on keyword positioning.

Search term _" ipad mini"_

Search result 1  
_"ipad mini 16 gb"_

Search result 2  
_"black leather case ipad mini / ipad air"_

Can search result 1 be made more relevant due to the match on the search  
term being at the beginning of the title.  
At the moment search result 2 is more relevant because "ipad' is mentioned  
2 times. However the search terms best match is Search result 1.

Thanks

Sam

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-position-for-relevance/17967/2 "2017-07-06T01:24:05Z")

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